SFNovelist - Library Archive: December 1997

December 1997:

Seasons Greetings. Following is a short list of recent hard sf novels that might be of interest to SFN members.

Mars trilogy Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson [1993, 1995, 1996, Bantam]
The definitive work on the terraforming and colonising of Mars. Green Mars won the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and Blue Mars has just won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Voyage, Stephen Baxter [1996, HarperCollins]
An intelligent look at an alternate history where NASA chose to go to Mars instead of building the Space Shuttle. The research is spot-on, the plot is highly plausible, and it's a terrific read. Voyage

Cherryh trilogy Foreigner, Invader and Inheritor, CJ Cherryh [1994, 1995, 1996, DAW]
Action and adventure amongst the human colony of an alien-inhabited planet. Cherryh has always been a superlative world builder, and the world of the atevi is no exception.

Alpha Centauri, William Barton & Michael Capobianco [1997 AvoNova]
"Diamond hard" sf describing the exploration of the Alpha Centauri system, and discovery of a billion years-dead alien civilisation, by a somewhat disfunctional starship crew.

	Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson [1993, 1995, 1996, Bantam] The definitive work on the terraforming and colonising of Mars. Green Mars* won the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and Blue Mars has just won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novel.*
Voyage, Stephen Baxter [1996, HarperCollins] An intelligent look at an alternate history where NASA chose to go to Mars instead of building the Space Shuttle. The research is spot-on, the plot is highly plausible, and it's a terrific read.
	Foreigner, Invader and Inheritor, CJ Cherryh [1994, 1995, 1996, DAW] Action and adventure amongst the human colony of an alien-inhabited planet. Cherryh has always been a superlative world builder, and the world of the atevi is no exception.
Alpha Centauri, William Barton & Michael Capobianco [1997 AvoNova] "Diamond hard" sf describing the exploration of the Alpha Centauri system, and discovery of a billion years-dead alien civilisation, by a somewhat disfunctional starship crew.